Swinging screen.



No. 864,886. PTBNTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

J. H. GORNELISON.

SWINGING SCREEN.

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L. DI G i .lOl-IN II. OORNELISON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SWINGING SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907'.

Applieatieu iiled September 25, 1906. Serial No. 336,154.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Il. CoRNELisoN, a citizen ol the United States, residing at St. Louis and State ol' Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Screens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which i'orm a part of this specifi cation.

This invention relates to new and uselul improvements in swinging screens lor windows, doors, etc., and the object ot the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device oi this nature comprising a hanger adapted to be pivotally mounted or fixed to the parting strip oi a window frame, and so arranged that a screen may be conveniently hung thereon or detached iroin the hanger.

More specifically the invention comprises a swinging screen provided with a hanger which is either fixed or pivoted to the guide strip ot a window traine and adapted to engage a recess formed in a lateral projection oi the screen frame, the hanger being preferably bent so as to extend the width o the guide strip and projecting at right angles from the latter adjacent to one edge thereof, the pivotal screen connection between the hanger and screen frame being preferably below the upper edge of the latter.

My invention comprises various details oi construction and combinations and arrangements ol parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically deflned in the appended claims.

.I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference inarkedzthereon, form a part ot' this application, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of an integral swinging detachable han ger, showing the lateral projection there oi substantially in the plane oi' the face oi the guide strip of a window frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through a screen traine and hanger engaging strip fastened thereto, showing in elevation the guide strip to which the hanger is pivoted. Fig. 3 is a slight modification oi the hanger in which the saine is mounted upon a pivot carried by the guide strip. Fig. Il is a detail view o'l the hanger shown as iiXed and attached to the guide strip, with its portion which pivotally engages the screen substantially in line with the face oi the guide strip. Fig.,5 is a sectional view through a guide strip, showing in top plan view the form illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a modified form of the construction disclosed by Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view through a screen, showing the manner in which the form oi hanger disclosed in Fig. l is mounted.

Fig. S is a sectional view showing the manner oi cut ting away the upper rear corner ol the screen trame to allow the same to swing when used in connection with a stationary hanger. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the l'orin shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. ,l0 is a perspective View of a screen showing the recessed strip adapted to be fastened to the screen frame and to be engaged by the hanger.

Reference new being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a hanger made preferably of a piece of wire, B is a guide strip, and O designates the frame ol' a window. In the form shown in Fig. l oi the drawings, the guide strip and frame are provided with registering holes A to receive oneend ol the hanger `which has pivotal connection therewith, and said hanger is bent or curved at a point a substantially at a right angle and again at a/, having its lower end A2 dis posed substantially at right angles to the length ol the guide strip and l'raine, and inline with one face of said strip, while the angled portion a is in line with the 0p posite lace el the guide strip, these features oi having the two angled portions adjacent to the opposite faces of the guide strip, obtaining through the various forms ol my invention, and so designed lor the purpose of filling the space which would intervene between the strip D and the guide strips, one on either side of the window. E designates the upper cross-piece oi a screen traine to which the strip D is fastened in any suitable manner, a detail of said strip being shown clearly in Fig. l0 of the drawings. It will be noted that said strip is substantially the length of the top E of the screen, stopping short of the longitudinal edges oi the screen, and is provided with recesses D formed in the under surface oi said strip adjacent to its ends for the reception of the lower pivotal ends of the hangers. The upper portion of said strip is preferably rounding, as shown clearly in Fig. l() of the drawings, in order that the screen may turn freely without any interference of the strip with the sash of the window.

In Fig. 3 oi the drawings, I have shown a screw or pin F which is adapted to be fastened to the guide strip and upon which the orm oi hanger disclosed in Fig. 3 and designated by letter II, is pivotally mounted, said hanger II having an eye H mounted upon the screw or pin. Otherwise, the hanger is of a similar construction and arrangement as disclosed by Fig. l oi the drawings.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 6 oi the drawings, will be seen slight modifications of my invention, in which the hanger O is fixed oi stationary, being fastened at one end to the guide strip being bent at an angle O, and having its end O2 for the reception of the recessed strip attached to the screen upon which the latter is pivotally mounted.

In Fig. 3 it will be noted that the hanger is bent at right angles and in Fig. 6 at an obtuse angle, a portion of the hanger being driven diagonally through the guide strip and into the window traine, but in each case it will be noted that the portion of the hanger upon which the screen swings is substantially in line with one lace ot the guide strip. In the lorms ot' screens used upon stationary hangers, the corner oi' the upper strip oi' the screen that is supported by the hanger is cut away diagonally or rounded, as at R, so that the corner ot the strip will not interfere with the sash when the screen is swung away from the window trame.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that by the provision ol a hanger lor screens made in accordance with my invention, a simple and ellicient device is provided which will be hidden trom view and aflording a simple and efficient means whereby a screen may be easily hung or removed i'or storage or other purposes, and as the hanger is separate from the screen, the same is not liable to be broken in handling as is commonly the fault with the ordinary screens having projecting pivotal points. In hanging the screen, the latter is simply raised a short distance above the hanger which has been mounted in the guide strip, and lowered so that the outer ends oi the hanger will engage the recesses in the strip D.

What l claim is 1. In combination with the sash of a window and a guide strip upon the frame, a swinging screen frame, a recessed strip projecting lroni one vface thereof, a hanger mounted upon the guide strip and extending the width 0i' the latter' and engaging the recess oi said strip, a space intervening` between the end oi said recessed strip and the outer edge ot' the upright portion ot' the screen and in which said hang-er is positioned, as set t'orth.

2. In combination with the sash of a window and a guide strip upon the frame. a swingingscreen frame, a reA cessed strip projectingl from one face thereof, a hanger mounted upon the guide strip and extending' the width of the latter and engaging the recess of said strip, said hanger being' bent at angles at vtwo locations and extending the width ot' the guide strip, with the portion between its ann gies positioned intermediate the end of the recessed strip and the guide strip, as set forth.

3. In combination with the sash of a window and guide strip upon the trame, a hangerpivotally connected to the guide strip and bent to extend the width of the guide strip with a pivotal end projecting at right angles from the latter, a screen trame, a laterally projecting recessed strip upon said screen trame, recesses in the under edge of said strip and opening through the ends thereof, the pivotal ends ot said hanger engaging said recesses, the portion of the hanger which extends the width of the guide strip filling the space intermediate the end o1 the recessed strip and the guide strip, as set forth.

4. In combination with the sash and trame of a window, a guide strip upon said frame. a screen trame having' a recessed strip [astened upon the inner tace thereof adjacent to the top of said screen trame, there being spaces between said guide and recessed strips, a pin or hanger tiXed to -the guide strip and havingl pivotal connection with the ends olz said recessed strip below the upper end of the screen frame. as set forth.

5. In combination with the sash and frame of a window, a guide strip upon said traine, a screen frame havi 5' a recessed strip fastened upon the inner face thereof adjacent to the top of said screen frame, there being spaces between said guide and recessed strips, a pin or hanger fixed to the face ot the guide strip at the outer edge thereof and having pivotal connection with the ends of said recessed strip below the upper end of the screen trame.

l5. In combination with the sash and traine of a willdow, a guide strip upon said frame, a screen trame having a recessed strip fastened upon the inner t'ace thereof adjacent to the top of said screen trame, there being spaces between said guide and recessed strips, a hanger tiXed to the guide strip and bent to extend the width ot the guide strip and having its pivotal end extending' horizontally and engaging 'the recesses ot' said strip below the upper marginal edge of the screen traine, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto athx my signature in the presence ot two witnesses.

.IOIIN II. CORNELISON.

Witnesses L. O. (Hunan, AMY II. D lvrs. 

